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tim.... · October 7th 10, 12:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(I've x-posted this to uk.r as I've got a few esoteric questions in
association with it.)

On Oct 5, 5:33 pm, "tim...." wrote:

"Chris Hills" wrote:

I am looking for tickets from Bat & Ball (BBL) to Romford (RMF).
thetrainline.com is offering a travelcard. Although Bat & Ball is
listed on the LU map, it is not shown in any zone nor can I find
any supporting information to say that it is in zones 7-9. What
zone is it, and will a travelcard be accepted there?

It's not in a zone. What you have been offered is an "into" London
Travelcard which is the equivalent of a single return journey to
the zone boundary plus a travecard once you get there.

The ticket does NOT entitle you to make unlimited journeys to/from
the zonalboundary and B&B.

The point to check for is how much more than the cost of a day return
to London Terminals is the price of a day travelcard. Certainly from
Cambridge most travelcard purchasers would be better off buying a
London Terminals day return and using Oyster for their tube travel.

But not if you have a Network card which I suggest that anybody who
makes the journey more than about three times a year would have

Even with a railcard where only one return zones 1 & 2 trip is made.

I would have to suggest that if at least one return tube journey wasn't
being made, no-one would even consider a travelcard as the appropriate
ticket.

That
costs £3.60 on Oyster and £4.30 as an Off Peak Day Travelcard.

You seem somewhat unlucky in your travelcard "excess". From my local
station (about the same distance at Cambridge) the (railcard) difference is
2.65.

As I understood that the travelcard "add on" was "mandated" at a fixed
amount more than the DR, I find your difference surprising.